Basbousa/Basboosa -- an Arabic dessert

This is one of the simple yet delicious cake one can make in no time and most importantly it's an egg less cake. I've already made this cake once and njoyed eating all by myself that ended in several pounds of weight .Now thatz a diff story. But this time,I wanted to try a little low calorie version and therefore I had to cut down few things and so modified the recipe acc to my needs. I've mentioned that in the notes section. If u really want a good slice of this amazing cake,try the recipe as such with no alterations..It is purely delicious..

Mix the rava with 100 gm of melted butter. Add the sugar ,coconut ,baking powder and blend well.Followed by the yogurt and vanilla extract . Mix well until it gets incorporated.

Transfer the batter to the greased / lined with parchment paper cake pan (preferably 9/10") and level the top either by tapping the pan or by using a spatula.Now mark (not all the way through) diamonds/squares halfway thro and bake for 20 minutes.

Take out the pan , press one almond on top of each square /diamond and spread the remaining 50 gm of melted butter evenly all over the cake.Again bake for another 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.

For Sugar syrup :

Meanwhile,mix the sugar with water and heat over a medium flame. Add the lemon juice when the sugar is completely dissolved and starts bubbling.

Let it cook for 5 minutes and remove from the heat.

Add the rose water and mix well.

Pour the hot syrup on top of the cake (pour evenly) and let it soak for at least 2 hours. Make the cuts (diamonds/squares) a little deeper when the cake is till warm.

Tastes better the next day cos of the soaking.

Notes/Suggestions :

Since this is my second time making this dessert I halved the recipe and skipped pouring the 50gm butter ,on the whole I used only 50 gm butter for making this cake + some extra for greasing the pan.

I also used only 4 tbsp sugar for making syrup and so I had very little syrup and in turn the cake was not too sweet as it has to be.

The cake would turn real golden brown and it will be rich in looking as well unlike mine.